Afghanistan patrol bases demilitarized

U.S. patrol bases in Afghanistan are demilitarizing their equipment in efforts to end the Afghanistan war by 2014. The patrol base, FB Saenz, was among the first bases to be demilitarized in Dec. 2011.

Sgt. Cody Palfreyman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of West Valley, Utah, guides a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

Sgt. Cody Palfreyman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of West Valley, Utah, guides a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

Lance Cpl. Paul Flores, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Moundsville, W.Va, uses a pick ax to clear away dirt from a HESCO barrier so it can be dismantled at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

Lance Cpl. Paul Flores, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Moundsville, W.Va, uses a pick ax to clear away dirt from a HESCO barrier so it can be dismantled at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

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ADVERTISE HERESgt. Cody Palfreyman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of West Valley, Utah, guides a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

Sgt. Cody Palfreyman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of West Valley, Utah, guides a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 14, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

ADVERTISE HERELance Cpl. Luis Holguin, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Orlando, Fla., waits for a tractor to move so he can use his bolt cutters to dismantle a HESCO barrier at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 13, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)

Lance Cpl. Luis Holguin, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Orlando, Fla., waits for a tractor to move so he can use his bolt cutters to dismantle a HESCO barrier at the Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. (Dec. 13, 2011) (Credit: Bryan Nygaard)